Project Grant SGR10021GR3044

This $750,000 National Science Foundation project grant under the Integrative Activities program aims to develop a disinformation training range to improve user awareness and resilience. Awarded October 1, 2021 for a one-year period, the grant supports The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to lead the effort in partnership with the University of Illinois, Northeastern University, Clemson University, and Lehigh University. The partners will create an online platform...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $249,991.62 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program to The Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. to support non-governmental organizations combating disinformation and malign narratives spread via social and traditional media in Ukraine. Specifically, the Atlantic Council will empower citizen activists and media to combat disinformation using data analytical tools. The period of...

This $249,999 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, supports the project "Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Moldova." The award, funded under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), aims to support Moldova's Center for Strategic Communication and Combatting Disinformation through disinformation monitoring activities. The Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. is...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), provides $750,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant supports the development of machine learning, data mining, and network science models to aid fact-checkers in identifying and intervening on misinformation and disinformation. Subawards of $250,000 each will be provided to...

The Institute for Security and Technology received a $149,955.30 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to support non-governmental organizations combating disinformation and malign narratives spread via social and traditional media in Ukraine. Funded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, the Institute will empower citizen...

Clemson University Division of Research was awarded a $953,203 project grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund a 3-year research project to investigate, reduce, and prevent the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM) around high-profile political events. The project aims to: (1) identify event characteristics that trigger online MDM campaigns, (2) map...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $749,222 Project Grant to the George Washington University under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant funds the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track F project to address misinformation and online abuse/harassment by building trust in communication systems. The George Washington University will leverage the grant to develop solutions that enhance integrity and safety in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $225,000 to Michigan State University aims to develop a user-centered platform for digital content integrity. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: REDDDOT Phase 2: A User-Centered Platform for Digital Content Integrity," seeks to protect the integrity of digital content and maintain public trust in the face of threats posed by advanced generative AI...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083), provides $749,999 to The Ohio State University for work on actionable sensemaking tools to curate and authenticate crisis information. The University will gather work practice data and conduct qualitative analysis to inform the design of tool prototypes. Wright State University and the University of South Carolina receive subawards....

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) supports Doublethink Lab, a Taiwan-based nonprofit organization, to implement a comprehensive research project analyzing foreign information manipulation (FIM) in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and strengthen local capacity to counter these threats. The project aims to provide detailed insights into information manipulation tactics and help...